Word: standing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After 42 dark weeks, Washington's hungry theatergoers snapped up a morsel-a one-night stand of Judith Anderson in Medea, played in the outdoor Sylvan Theater at the base of the Washington Monument. Actors' Equity would still not permit its players to perform where Negroes were excluded from the audience, and the capital's only playhouse, the National, still balked at such terms...
...Kauffman, president of the Students for Wallace, said that the organization had made a mistake in having Dr. Phillips speak without proper authorization. However he maintained that the real reason for the Council's action was the politics of the Wallaceites, particularly their stand against the speaker...
Nevertheless, the faculty decision was applauded by the Star-Journal. "Communism and its propagandists have no place in such an institution," said the editorial, concluding that "President Paul Klapper has made if clear that he will continue to stand guard against possible invasion of the campus by the reds...
...September, 1948, Leonard testified it opposition to transportation fare increases. Subsequently, he reported the university comptroller criticized his stand...
Support came from alumni and faculty. A Federation of Olivet Alumni was organized, which financed the S. A. C. And at a meeting declared illegal by Ashby, the faculty resolved 11 to 5 that the demonstrators "Have acted . . . with sincerity, and . . . we respect them for their stand...